Tag: Facebook
US: Zuckerberg headed to DC amid antitrust crackdown
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday, as pressure mounts on US regulators to increase scrutiny...
US: House panel asks Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google for emails
A US House of Representatives panel on Friday, September 13, demanded internal emails, detailed financial information, and other company records from top...
Australia: Google and Facebook reject ACCC’s code on fake news
DIGI, the industry body representing (DIGI) Google, Facebook, and Twitter has rejected proposals for an industry code of conduct on fake news,...
US: Newspapers seek ‘safe harbor’ from Google & Facebook on Capitol...
Leaders from some of America's biggest newspapers turned to lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday, September 10, for help in the industry's battle...
Switzerland: Facebook’s Libra to seek payment license
In Libra-land, the speed bumps, hurdles and possibly even roadblocks continue to spring up. In reference to the regulatory climate, don’t expect...
EU: No precedent for Facebook antitrust investigation, says FL AG
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said the antitrust probes into Facebook don’t have any common case studies to draw from in deciding...
US: Facebook lays out challenges of letting users take their data...
Facebook Inc. has promised regulators that it will protect users’ privacy and give them the right to take their data where they...
EU: ECB’s Mersch warns Libra is ‘Facebook’s Siren Call’
Yves Mersch, European Central Bank’s key legal official, said that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin is “beguiling but treacherous” during a speech at the...
EU: Vestager interested in Facebook’s Libra
According to a report from Bloomberg, Facebook’s Libra digital currency will be a focus for antitrust and financial regulators in the near...
Germany: Facebook succeeds in blocking German ban on data collection
Facebook won an appeal to a German antitrust edict regarding how it collects user data across its platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp,...
